Another Hillside Update

Well last week was the first official word of Hillside festival bands from their website, now a few more names thanks to the brand new Exclaim Magazine. It's their summer festival preview and they have a couple of other names that haven't come out already (at least in an official capacity) The new names include,

-The Besnard Lakes
-Rock Plaza Central
-Ohbijou
-Ndidi Onukwulu

For other names announced you can click on the hillside tag below.

Soundboard Of Final Rheostatics Show Now Available

Thanks to Darrin over at Rheostatics Live website, the final Rheostatics show from Massey Hall is now available online over at the Good Gone Dead site.

I tried to upload a zip file to help with his bandwith but Rapidshare isn't working right now. I'll try again tomorrow.

Anyways here's the notes on the show with the setlist.

Source : SBD -> 24 bit Wav -> MP3
Author: Mark Sloggett and Lucky Budd with special thanks to Steve Clarkson for allowing them to patch in and for asking Massey Hall for special permission to do so.

01. Dave Bookman/Steve Stanley Intro 8:41
02. Saskatchewan 8:18
03. Me And Stupid 3:22
04. Bad Time To Be Poor 7:07
05. P.I.N. 4:51
06. Mumbletypeg 5:26
07. It 3:12
08. Christopher 7:28
09. King Of The Past 6:30
10. Northern Wish 7:30
11. Easy To Be With You 6:22
12. First Rock Show 7:04
13. We Went West 6:49
14. -Stage Banter- 4:45
15. Aliens 4:17
16. Feed Yourself 11:29
17. Making Progress 6:48
18. Shaved Head 7:41
19. -Stage Banter- 4:35
20. When Winter Comes 11:48

Encore 1:
21. Self Serve Gas Station 7:11
22. California Dreamline 4:35
23. Claire 9:40
24. Horses 10:42
25. Stolen Car 5:16
26. Rock Death America 5:17
27. Dope Fiends And Boozehounds --> Alomar --> Dope Fiends 15:52

Encore 2:
28. Legal Age Life 6:10
29. Record Body Count 2:30
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Total Time: 3:21:16

For the full details and download link go here.

Sweet Static Playlist For April 27

You can listen to Sweet Static, every Friday from 10:30am to noon on 91.5 FM in Windsor/Detroit. Or you can tune in on the internet at
-http://cjam.ca, under listen or
-opening a url on whatever player you use and put in http://137.207.3.11:8050/

New and improved broadband stream from the station, as well as the original lo-fi stream.

The show is archived for a month at http://web2.uwindsor.ca/cjam/nvd_mp3.php with a new, easier to navigate layout.

as always...

cc-canadian content
*-in rotation
r-request
mp3-from an mp3 blog (link on the mp3)

Tom Waits title track from Rain Dogs (Island-1985)
Joel Plaskett-Fashionable People from Ashtray Rock (Maple-2007) cc *
Jenn Grant-Morning Break from Orchestra For The Moon (Paris 1919-2007) cc *
Tin Cup Phrophette-Going Numb from Cable & Tweed mp3
The Old Soul-I'd Love You In The Haystack from self-titled album (Friendly Fire-2007) cc *
Rhume-Capital from Snack Of Choice (Kelp-2000) cc
The Silt title track from Cat's Peak (Fig-2007) cc *

The Sweet Static Menage A Trois (cover songs)

Rock Plaza Central-Record Body Count (Rheostatics) from Daytrotter cc mp3
Drive-By Truckers-Holland, 1945 (Neutral Milk Hotel) from Chromewaves mp3
Teenage Fanclub-Here Comes Your Man (The Pixies) from Cable & Tweed mp3

James Gordan & Sons-Since This Is Just A Song from Nine Green Bottles (Borealis-2007) cc *
Mark Olson-Poor Michael's Boat from Songs: Illinois mp3
The Avett Brothers-Die Die Die from Emotionalism (Ramseur-2007) *
Bob Wiseman-Three Men from Theme and Variations (Blocks-2006) cc *
Entire Cities-Dancing With My Brother from i (heart) music cc mp3
Jon-Rae And The River-Eastern Migration from Knows What You Need (Baudelaire-2006) cc *
The Detroit Cobras-Puppet On A String from Tied And True (Bloodshot-2007) *
The Low Tones-Rock Harbour, Nfld. from Tiger Verses (Modern Soul-2004) cc
from Good Hodgkins cc mp3
-Cadence Weapon w/Final Fantasy-Sharks
-Final Fantasy w/Cadence Weapon-This Is A Dream Of Win And Regine
Rock Plaza Central-My Children, Be Joyful from Are We Not Horses? (Outside-2006) cc *
Run DMC-Mary Mary from Live At Montreaux 2001 (Eagle-2007) *

The Sweet Static Menage A Trois For April 27

Every week on the radio editon of Sweet Static on CJAM 91.5 FM in Windsor/Detroit, I have the Sweet Static Menage A Trois. Three cover songs that I play and then also put them up here on the blog for download.

Well unless I'm doing an interview, which has been the case lately. Well this week there is no interview so the Menage A Trois returns. Just a word on the Drive-By Truckers cover, Chromewaves had it up a couple of weeks ago but is no longer up there.

As always the songs are in a zip file together on Rapidshare.

Rock Plaza Central-Record Body Count (Rheostatics) from Daytrotter cc mp3
Drive-By Truckers-Holland, 1945 (Neutral Milk Hotel) from Chromewaves mp3
Teenage Fanclub-Here Comes Your Man (The Pixies) from Cable & Tweed mp3

For the Sweet Static Menage A Trois For April 27 go here.

The Menage A Trois can be heard on the Sweet Static radio editon every Friday around 11am on CJAM 91.5 FM.

Canadian Campus Radio Charts For April 24

Here is the Canadian campus radio charts for the week ending April 24 from Earshot, the official publication of the NCRA.

1 You Say Party! We Say Die! Lose All Time Paper Bag
2 The Arcade Fire Neon Bible Merge
3 LCD Soundsystem Sound Of Silver DFA/EMI
4 Do Make Say Think You, You're A History In Rust Constellation
5 The Wooden Stars People Are Different Sonic Unyon
6 A Northern Chorus The Millions Too Many Sonic Unyon
7 Lesbians On Ecstasy We Know You Know Alien8
8 Dinosaur Jr. Beyond Fat Possum
9 Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse Jagjaguwar
10 Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank Epic

For the whole national chart go here.

Now the CJAM chart

1 Blonde Redhead 23 4AD
2 Dinosaur Jr. Beyond Fat Possum
3 Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank Epic
4 The Wooden Stars People Are Different Sonic Unyon
5 Land Of Talk Applause Cheer Boo Hiss Dependent Music
6 The Superfantastics Pop-Up Book Independent
7 Measured In Angles History Of The Engine Tragicomedy
8 Bill Callahan Woke On A Whaleheart Drag City
9 The Rosebuds Night Of The Furies Merge
10 Amon Tobin Foley Room Ninja Tune

For the complete CJAM chart go here.

Interview With Andrew Bird Online

This week's guest on the Mich Vish Interracial Morning Show was Andrew Bird. I haven't heard the interview but he was discussing his new record Armchair Apocrypha.

Interview with Andrew Bird

The interview starts after the news and will be online for thirty days.

Rock Plaza Central Session Online

I've never heard of Daytrotter but really wish I had before today. Got a message of a new blog post from Rock Plaza Central on Myspace. So checked it out and found out that the band did a session for Daytrotter when they toured in the States last month. The session is pretty sweet, has four songs and includes a cover of the Rheostatics "Record Body Count" and the unreleased "Stereo Trucks" which I love and heard from a demo CD I got previously.

To check out the whole Rock Plaza Central Daytrotter session go here.

As extra here's the new video for "Anthem For The Already Defeated"



Lastly since I thought it disappeared on Youtube (although it's there now), here is the mash up of the Rock Plaza Central's "Sexy Back" with the Justin Timberlake video.

New Zunior Free Compilation Now Available

The brand new compilation of free music from Zunior has come out and has some pretty good stuff. Included is Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Wooden Stars, Recoilers and Tricky Woo.

Here's the complete track listing.

1 Love Song No.7 - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Some Loud Thunder Sonic Unyon
2 The Summer I Drank Myself to Death - Wooden Stars The Moon Wooden Stars
3 The Wooden Sky - Friday Morning's Regret When Lost At Sea Friday Morning's Regret
4 Fly the Orient - Tricky Woo Sometimes I Cry Sonic Unyon
5 So Much - Timber Timbre Cedar Shakes Timber Timbre
6 Beachfront Resort Vacation - Recoilers 2 Years End Kelp Records
7 Summertime - Feuermusik Goodbye, Lucille Feuermusik
8 So Tired - Husband and knife Welcome Back to the Nothingness of Your Life Divorce Records
9 Rooster Jam #1 - Year One of the Rooster Year One of the Rooster Year One of the Rooster
10 Bound To Be That Way - Do Make Say Think You, You're A History In Rust Constellation

For complete details on how to get this compilation for free go here.

First Official Hillside List Of Bands Announced

Well I had just finished a new post for the another Hillside band when I saw Ani DiFranco listed on Pollstar. Then I thought I'd check over at the official site before posting it and saw that they had announced a few bands on Friday. So here is the first official list of bands and some dates.

-Ani Difranco (Sunday evening)
-The Dears (Saturday)
-Chumbawumba Acoustic (Friday)
-Alejandro Escovedo (Sunday)
-Do Make Say Think (Saturday)
-Mad Violet
-Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
-Martin Sexton
-Ron Sexsmith
-Shout Out Out Out Out
-Memphis
-Akron/Family
-Apostle of Hustle

The only band listed here previously not on the official list is Mother Mother.

It's nice that they've put the list out but I will admit that it takes a lot of the fun away from the search.

Tomorrow Night in Windsor-The Superfantastics and The Silt

Really interesting show tomorrow night in Windsor at Phog. I've talked about The Silt with my interview with Doug Tielli of the band so now I'll focus on the other band, Halifax's The Superfantastics.

I've only heard a few songs but really catchy stuff. Not sure how much of the show I'll be able to catch (too many plans for the day and night) but hopefully I'll be able to see some. Anyways they have three songs up on their web page so check it out. To get you started here's a song I played today on the show.

The Superfantastics-Vantastic (Eastern Canadian Road Trip Blues)

Interview With Doug Tielli (The Silt) Online

This week on the radio edition of Sweet Static, Doug Tielli of The Silt was kind enough to join me. We discussed the band's history, their new album, Cat's Peak, a little bit of his history in People From Earth and lots more. The interview starts a few minutes into the file.

Interview with Doug Tielli (The Silt)

The file will be up for thirty days from the original broadcast date.

Sweet Static Radio Edition Download For April 20

This is the show from April 20. The first thirty minutes of the show starts roughly halfway through the first file. The last hour of the show is complete on the second link.

For the complete playlist of the show go here.

Sweet Static-First thirty minutes
Sweet Static-Last Hour

The files will be available for thirty days from the original air date.

Sweet Static Playlist 4/20

Thanks to Doug Tielli of The Silt for joining me on today's show.

You can listen to Sweet Static, every Friday from 10:30am to noon on 91.5 FM in Windsor/Detroit. Or you can tune in on the internet at
-http://cjam.ca, under listen or
-opening a url on whatever player you use and put in http://137.207.3.11:8050/

New and improved broadband stream from the station, as well as the original lo-fi stream.

The show is archived for a month at http://web2.uwindsor.ca/cjam/nvd_mp3.php with a new, easier to navigate layout.

as always...

cc-canadian content
*-in rotation
r-request
mp3-from an mp3 blog (link on the mp3)

The Lowest Of The Low-Eternal Fatalist from Shakespeare My Butt (A&M-1991) cc
Silver Jews-Sometimes A Pony Gets Depressed from Tanglewood Numbers (Drag City-2005)
Peter Elkas-Sunlight from Wall Of Fire (Maple Music-2007) cc *
Jarvis Cocker-Black Magic from Jarvis (Rough Trade-2007) *
Vancouver Nights-Naikoon Park from self-title album (Endearing-2000) cc
Jenn Grant-Unique In New York from Orchestra For The Moon (Paris 1919-2007) cc *
Ron Sexsmith-This Song from Blue Boy (Linus-2001) cc
Weeping Tile-Au Sud A Moi from Chromewaves mp3
Wooden Stars-Orphans from People Are Different (Sonic Unyon-2007) cc *

Interview with Doug Tielli of The Silt

The Silt from Cat's Peak (Fig-2007) cc
-Sunlit Cloud
-Ears On The Rail
The Superfantastics from Pop-Up Book (indie-2007) cc *
-Back To The Future III
-Vantastic (Eastern Canadian Road Trip Blues)
William Shatner-Common People from Has Been (Shout Factory-2004)
Carolyn Mark w/Amy Honey-Rocket Piano Man from Just Married: An Album Of Duets (Mint-2005) cc
Geoff Berner-Can't Stay Dry from The Wedding Dance Of The Widow Bride (Jericho Beach-2007) cc *
Jon-Rae And The River-Hard In The City from Knows What You Need (Baudelaire-2006) cc *
Entire Cities-Marshall's Five Lost Years from i (heart) music cc mp3
Jim Bryson-Don't Fail Me Now from Where The Bungalows Roam (Kelp-2007) cc *
Alun Piggins w/Oh Susannah-Let's Get It On from Awaken The Snakes (AML-2003) cc
Fembots-History Remade from The City (Paper Bag-2005) cc
The Golden Seals-Loving Arms from The Secret Sessions: Rheostatics Tribute (Zunior-2007) cc *

Reminder-Interview With Doug Tielli (The Silt) Today

Just a reminder that Doug Tielli of The Silt will be the guest on the radio edition of Sweet Static today to talk about their new album, Cat's Peak and their show this Saturday night in Windsor at Phog Lounge.

The show is on from 10:30am to noon today on CJAM 91.5 FM in Windsor/Detroit or you can tune in on the CJAM website.

Until then enjoy this excellent song from The Silt.

The Silt-No Twig

Canadian Campus Radio Charts For April 17

Here are this week's Canadian campus radio charts from Earshot, the official publication of the NCRA.

1 You Say Party! We Say Die! Lose All Time Paper Bag
2 The Arcade Fire Neon Bible Merge
3 LCD Soundsystem Sound Of Silver DFA/EMI
4 Do Make Say Think You, You're A History In Rust Constellation
5 Cocorosie The Adventures Of Ghosthorse And Stillborn Touch & Go
6 Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse Jagjaguwar
7 Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank Epic
8 Lesbians On Ecstasy We Know You Know Alien8
9 A Northern Chorus The Millions Too Many Sonic Unyon
10 Apostle Of Hustle National Anthem Of Nowhere Arts & Crafts

For the entire national chart go here.

Now the CJAM charts.

1 The Wooden Stars People Are Different Sonic Unyon
2 Land Of Talk Applause Cheer Boo Hiss Dependent Music
3 Neil Young Live At Massey Hall 1971 Reprise
4 The Arcade Fire Neon Bible Merge
5 A Northern Chorus The Millions Too Many Sonic Unyon
6 Joyless Streets Carrots And Sticks No Scene
7 Son Volt The Seach Legacy
8 Richard Swift Dressed Up For The Letdown Secretly Canadian
9 Jim Bryson Where The Bungalows Roam Outside
10 Other Men Wake Up Swimming Robcore

For the whole CJAM chart go here.

Interview With Dave MacKinnon (FemBots) Online

This week's guest on the Mich Vish Interracial Morning Show of CFRU was Dave MacKinnon of Toronto's FemBots. The band is slowly getting back going after some time off and have a tons of concert dates lined-up, including a trip out east and a stop in Windsor in May. Anyways the interview will be up for thirty days from today and starts right after the news.

Interview with Dave MacKinnon (FemBots)

More Post-Rheostatics Stuff

Some more stuff in the wake of the last Rheostatics show.

-T to the J to the O has a nice write-up on the last show.
-Blog TO also has a collection of memories and thoughts on the band collected here.
-Over at Write About Here, there is also a good review of the show.
-Good. Gone. Dead. continues to be the ultimate source for all things regarding the last days of the band. Biggest highlight being a soundboard recording of the second last show of the band from the Horseshoe. Go here for full details and download.
-CBC has it's recording of the final Rheo show, one on Radio 3 and one on Radio 2. It's not the full show but of course top notch quality. Good. Gone. Dead. has 2 audience recordings of the show and the promise of a soundboard but nothing yet.

Lots of personal stuff in the highlight. Honestly that's one of the important draws to the band (to me personally) is the connection fans (myself included) feel to the band. Speaking of personal, my own post that I've promised is coming along but very slowly. But I'm putting my foot in my mouth and promising it this week since I want to get it done.

Interview With The Silt On Next Sweet Static Radio Show

On the upcoming radio edition of Sweet Static, Friday, April 20, Toronto's The Silt will be joining me for an interview. They are playing at Phog Lounge on Saturday, April 21. Now I'm told the interview will be with Doug Tielli and should be starting around 11am EST. If the details change I'll post word here.

Now I haven't heard the new album, Cat's Peak, but their label, Fig Records, has a song up for download and it's amazing. Really can't wait to check out the album and the show. For now though check out these articles and the song.

The Silt-No Twig
Article from Exclaim
Article from Eye

Interview With Jim Bryson Online

This week on the radio edition of Sweet Static, Ottawa's Jim Bryson joined me for an interview. We talked about his excellent new record, Where The Bungalows Roam, how ended up on Kelp Records, playing with Kathleen Edwards and more. The interview starts a few minutes into the file.

Interview With Jim Bryson

The interview will be up for thirty days from the original broadcast date.

Canadian Campus Radio Charts For April 10

Here is the Canadian campus radio chart for the week ending April 10 from Earshot, the official publication of the NCRA.

1 You Say Party! We Say Die! Lose All Time Paper Bag
2 LCD Soundsystem Sound Of Silver DFA/EMI
3 The Arcade Fire Neon Bible Merge
4 A Northern Chorus The Millions Too Many Sonic Unyon
5 Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank Epic
6 Do Make Say Think You, You're A History In Rust Constellation
7 Julie Doiron Woke Myself Up Endearing
8 Apostle Of Hustle National Anthem Of Nowhere Arts & Crafts
9 Low Drums And Guns Sub Pop
10 Great Lake Swimmers Ongiara Nettwerk

For the whole national chart go here.

Now the charts of CJAM, my home station.

1 Measured In Angles History Of The Engine Tragicomedy
2 The Arcade Fire Neon Bible Merge
3 The Ponys Turn The Lights Out Matador
4 Jon-Rae And The River ...Knows What You Need Baudelaire
5 Neil Young Live At Massey Hall 1971 Reprise
6 The One AM Radio This Too Will Pass Dangerbird
7 Bloc Party A Weekend In The City Vice
8 LCD Soundsystem Sound Of Silver DFA/EMI
9 You Say Party! We Say Die! Lose All Time Paper Bag
10 Land Of Talk Applause Cheer Boo Hiss Dependent Music

For the entire CJAM chart go here.

Sweet Static: Radio Edtion Download For April 13

This is the show from April 13. The first thirty minutes of the show starts roughly halfway through the first link. The last hour of the show is complete on the second link.

For the complete playlist of the show click here.

Sweet Static-First Thirty Minutes
Sweet Static-Last Hour

The link will be available for thirty days from the original air date.

Sweet Static: The Radio Edition Download For April 6

This is the show from April 6. The first thirty minutes of the show starts roughly halfway through the first link. The last hour of the show is complete on the second link.

For the complete playlist of the show click here.

Sweet Static-First Thirty Minutes
Sweet Static-Last Hour

The link will be available for thirty days from the original air date.

Sweet Static Playlist For April 13

Thanks to Jim Bryson for being a guest on the show. Link to the interview coming soon. No Menage A Trois today with the interview.

You can listen to Sweet Static, every Friday from 10:30am to noon on 91.5 FM in Windsor/Detroit. Or you can tune in on the internet at
-http://cjam.ca, under listen or
-opening a url on whatever player you use and put in http://137.207.3.11:8050/

New and improved broadband stream from the station, as well as the original lo-fi stream.

The show is archived for a month at http://web2.uwindsor.ca/cjam/nvd_mp3.php with a new, easier to navigate layout.

as always...

cc-canadian content
*-in rotation
r-request
mp3-from an mp3 blog (link on the mp3)

Andrew Rodriguez-Good Bad Kids from Here Comes The Light (Baudelaire-2007) cc *
R.E.M.-E-Bow The Letter from New Adventures In Hi-Fi (Warner-1996)
Black Francis-Caribou demo from Frank Black Francis (Spin/Art-2004)
Rivers Cuomo-Pig from Shameless Complacency mp3
The Constantines-Arizona from self-titled album (Three Gut-2001) cc
Modest Mouse-We've Got Everything from We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank -2007) *
Peter Elkas-Sweet Nancy from Wall Of Fire (Maple-2007) cc *
Son Volt-Methamphetamine from The Search (Columbia Legacy-2007) *
Great Lake Swimmers-Put There By The Land from Ongiara (Nettwerk-2007) cc *

Interview with Jim Bryson

Jim Bryson from Where The Bungalows Roam (Kelp-2007) cc *
-The Wishes Pile Up
-Flowers
Ron Leary-Years from theroadinbetween (Bootbrush-2006) cc
Drive-By Truckers-Daylight from A Blessing And A Curse (New West-2006)
Wooden Stars-Gold Dust from People Are Different (Sonic Unyon-2007) cc *
By Divine Right-Shaved Head from The Secret Sessions: Rheostatics Tribute (Zunior-2007) cc *
People From Earth-Ice Tears from Luvskull (DROG-1998) cc
Rheostatics-You're Killing Us from Rheostatics Live mp3
The Superfantastics-Tonight Tonite from Pop-Up Book (indie-2007) cc *

Reminder-Interview With Jim Bryson Live This Morning

That's right, this morning on the radio edition of Sweet Static I'm happy to say that Ottawa's Jim Bryson will be joining me live to discuss his new album Where The Bungalows Roam. The interview will take place around 11am EST on CJAM 91.5 FM in Windsor/Detroit and also can be heard live at the CJAM website.

Free Zunior Compilation Details

Been slacking a bit this week. The new free Zunior compilation has been available since Monday but nver got around to posting about it. So here we go. This will be available for another week and a half roughly.

Some really interesting stuff including new Wooden Stars and Jim Bryson as well as Frank Black and Jill Barber. The whole list of tracks is as follows.

1 Pretty Girl - Wooden Stars People Are Different Sonic Unyon
2 Clear The Crowds - Jim Bryson Where the Bungalows Roam Kelp Records
3 Cold Heart Of Stone - Frank Black and the Catholics Black Letter Days Sonic Unyon
4 When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog - Jens Lekman When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog Sonic Unyon
5 I'm On Fire - The Blankket Be Your Own Boss Blocks Music
6 In Perfect Time - Jill Barber A Note To Follow So Jill Barber
7 No One Quite Like You - The Novaks The Novaks Sonic Records
8 Open Days - Ceti Alpha The Street Ceti Alpha
9 Cool Sweet Awesome Yay! - Gel-Sol Unifactor Upstairs Recordings
10 Fresh Horses - Jim Byrnes Fresh Horses Black Hen

For information on how to get this free music go here.

More Hillside Names Added

It's been a pretty early leaked line-up for Hillside so far. The first official word will come with the next issue of Exclaim Magazine. It's the annual summer festivals issue and always has the first offical bands named by the festival itself (as opposed to finding these names online)

Anyways CLIVE has another couple of names that have popped up in the last couple of days. Added to the list for Hillside 2007

-Madviolet
-Mother Mother

Added to the previously named
-Chumbawamba
-Shout Out Out Out Out
-Do Make Say Think
-Blackie & The Rodeo Kings
-Alejandro Escovedo
-Shout Out Out Out Out

Jim Bryson Live This Week On Sweet Static (Radio Edition)

I'm proud to announce that this Friday on the radio edition of Sweet Static, Jim Bryson will be joining me live for an interview. It should be happening around 11 am.

Bryson has just released the excellent, Where The Bungalow's Roam so we'll be talking about that and any other things I can think up in the next couple of days.

If you head to the Kelp Records website you can stream the whole album.

For now check out this song from his site, from one of my favorite albums, The Occasionals.

Jim Bryson-"Satellite"

You can listen to Sweet Static, every Friday from 10:30am to noon on 91.5 FM in Windsor/Detroit. Or you can tune in on the internet at
-http://cjam.ca, under listen or
-opening a url on whatever player you use and put in http://137.207.3.11:8050/

Canadian Campus Radio Charts For March

Here now is the Canadaian campus radio charts for the month of March from Earshot, the official publication of the NCRA.

1 Do Make Say Think * You, You're A History In Rust Constellation
2 Julie Doiron * Woke Myself Up Endearing
3 Apostle Of Hustle * National Anthem Of Nowhere Arts & Crafts
4 Of Montreal Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? Polyvinyl
5 Deerhoof Friend Opportunity Kill Rock Stars
6 The Arcade Fire * Neon Bible Merge
7 The Good, The Bad And The Queen The Good, The Bad And The Queen Virgin
8 Mother Mother * Touch Up Last Gang
9 Great Lake Swimmers * Ongiara Nettwerk
10 Peter, Bjorn And John Writer's Block Almost Gold

For the whole national chart for March go here.

Add Another Name To Hillside 2007

Thanks to Jon in the comments to the earlier post today on Shout Out Out Out Out being added to Hillside, we can now add another name to the list. Chumbawamba has listed the date on their website.

For previous bands that popped on the web for Hillside 2007 check out the label below for Hillside.

Shout Out Out Out Out New Name For Hillside Festival 2007

Yes another new name has come out for the Hillside Festival this year and that name is Shout Out Out Out Out. Word came from the Six Shooter Records email list, hidden in the upcoming tour dates. Hillside takes place July 27-29 in Guelph, Ontario.

This brings the fully known list of artists appearing to
-Do Make Say Think
-Blackie & The Rodeo Kings
-Alejandro Escovedo
-Shout Out Out Out Out

Jason Collett Video

I just saw the video for Jason Collett's "I'll Bring The Sun" on Bravo up here in Canada and enjoyed it so much I thought I'd put it up here. I've really enjoyed his last two albums and can't wait for new stuff from him.

Changes In Drive-By Truckers

Well Jason Isbell is no longer in Drive-By Truckers. The two announcements online yesterday seem to paint different pictures.

On the Truckers website Patterson Hood has a long message about the split. He calls it, "extremely amicable" and credits the change to "a period of personal and artistic growth from all sides which has left us with differing dreams and goals." He goes on to wish him well and talking about Truckers news, including them going into the studio for their next album, tour plans and that founding member John Neff would be returning to the band full-time.

On Jason's Myspace page is two blog entries. One at 6pm that says "I am not in the Drive By Truckers anymore. Go figure. I wish them luck. I will not answer questions about it." Then a second one at 8pm "If I could change it...I would."

Be interesting to see if anything comes out of this. I could sit around and try to guess but I'd just be full of crap. I will say that it's really too bad that they're going separate ways. They were really incredible together. That being said I'm a big fan and can't wait to see the directions that two go in now.

For the record Jason Isbell's record, Sirens Of The Ditch, comes out on New West Records in July.

Sweet Static Playlist For April 6

You can listen to Sweet Static, every Friday from 10:30am to noon on 91.5 FM in Windsor/Detroit. Or you can tune in on the internet at
-http://cjam.ca, under listen or
-opening a url on whatever player you use and put in http://137.207.3.11:8050/

New and improved broadband stream from the station, as well as the original lo-fi stream.

The show is archived for a month at http://web2.uwindsor.ca/cjam/nvd_mp3.php with a new, easier to navigate layout.

as always...

cc-canadian content
*-in rotation
r-request
mp3-from an mp3 blog (link on the mp3)

Broken Social Scene-Late Nineties Bedroom Rock For The Missionaries from You Forgot It In People (Arts & Crafts-2002)
Jesse Malin w/Bruce Springsteen-Broken Radio from Glitter In The Gutter (Adeline-2007) *
Neil Young-Don't Let It Bring You Down from Live At Massey Hall 1971 (Reprise-2007) cc *
Neko Case-Deep Red Bells from Live From Austin Tx (New West-2006) *
Fembots-Tombstone Blues from Small Town Murder Scene (indie-2002) cc
Handsome Furs-Dead + Rural from I Guess I'm Floating cc mp3
Land Of Talk-Summer Special from Applause Cheer Boo Hiss reissue (Maple-2007) cc *
Dr. Dog-The Girl from We All Belong (Park The Van-2007) *
Jupiter Watts-Nothing At All from Cable & Tweed mp3

Sweet Static Menage A Trois (cover songs)

Calexico-Ocean Of Noise (The Arcade Fire) from Merge Blog mp3
Sad Kermit-Hurt (Nine Inch Nails/Johnny Cash) from Sad Kermit mp3
The Hold Steady-Take Me Out To the Ball Game (traditional) from Stereogum mp3

Great Lake Swimmers-Catcher Son from Ongiara (Nettwerk-2007) cc *
The Silt-No Twig from Fig Records Website cc mp3
Jon-Rae And The River-Nothing To Do from Knows What You Need (Baudelaire-2006) cc *
Weeping Tile w/Chris Brown-Public Square from The Secret Sessions: Rheostatics Tribute (Zunior-2007) cc *
Rheostatics w/Kevin Hearn-First Rock Song from Rheostatics Live mp3
Amy Winehouse-Rehab from Back To Black (Island-2007) *
Rufus Wainwright-Going For A Town from It's Hard To Find A Friend cc mp3
Destroyer-The Spirit Of Giving from You Ain't No Picasso cc mp3
The Jealous Girlfriends-Organs On The Kitchen from i (heart) music mp3
Jim Bryson-All The Fallen Leaves from Where The Bungalows Roam (Kelp-2007) cc *
The Acorn-Dents from Tin-Fist ep (Kelp-2006) cc *

The Sweet Static Menage A Trois For April 6

Every week on the radio editon of Sweet Static on CJAM 91.5 FM in Windsor/Detroit, I have the Sweet Static Menage A Trois. Three cover songs that I play and then also put them up here on the blog for download.

As always the songs are in a zip file together on Rapidshare.

Calexico-Ocean Of Noise (The Arcade Fire) from Merge Blog mp3
Sad Kermit-Hurt (Nine Inch Nails/Johnny Cash) from Sad Kermit mp3
The Hold Steady-Take Me Out To the Ball Game (traditional) from Stereogum mp3

To get the Sweet Static Menage A Trois for April 6 go here.

The Menage A Trois can be heard on the Sweet Static radio editon every Friday around 11am on CJAM 91.5 FM.

Run Fast: New Rufus Wainwright

Thanks to Stereogum for pointing the way over to It's hard to Find a Friend which has the lead single from the forthcoming Rufus Wainwright album, Release The Stars.

Check out "Going To A Town" here.

Canadian Campus Radio Charts For March 3

Here are the Canadian campus radio charts for the week ending March 3 from Earshot, the official publication of the NCRA.

1 You Say Party! We Say Die! Lose All Time Paper Bag
2 The Arcade Fire Neon Bible Merge
3 LCD Soundsystem Sound Of Silver DFA/EMI
4 Do Make Say Think You, You're A History In Rust Constellation
5 Peter, Bjorn And John Writer's Block Almost Gold
6 Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse Jagjaguwar
7 Apostle Of Hustle National Anthem Of Nowhere Arts & Crafts
8 Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank Epic
9 Great Lake Swimmers Ongiara Nettwerk
10 !!! Myth Takes Warp

For the whole national chart go here.

Now the CJAM chart.

1 You Say Party! We Say Die! Lose All Time Paper Bag
2 A Northern Chorus The Millions Too Many Sonic Unyon
3 Wayne Petti City Lights Align Outside
4 Low Drums And Guns Sub Pop
5 Royal Wood A Good Enough Day Dead Daisy
6 Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank Epic
7 Wax Taylor Hope & Sorrow Decon
8 The High Llamas Can Cladders Drag City
9 Measured In Angles History Of The Engine Tragicomedy
10 Adult. Why Bother? Thrill Jockey

For the entire CJAM chart go here.

Interview With Wooden Stars Online

The guest this week on the Mich Vish Interracial Morning Show was Andrew McCormack of the Wooden Stars. He talks about their new album, People Are Different, which comes out next week on Sonic Unyon.

Interview With Andrew McCormack (Wooden Stars)

The interview will be available for thirty days.

New Addition To Hillside Festival

Well there's another name added to the 2007 Hillside Festival. Previously leaked onto the internet was Do Make Say Think and Blackie And The Rodeo Kings.

Well now comes word has shown up online that Alejandro Escovedo has been added.

This year the festival is on July 27, 28, 29, 2007, at Guelph Lake.

Sad Kermit

I was watching CBC tonight and found this brilliant video. It's unfortunate that more hasn't been said about the sad state that everyone's good friend Kermit has been in. From his website

"Soon after the death of Jim Henson, Sad Kermit the Frog turned to a life full of drugs, alcohol and sex. His fall to rock-bottom was quick and unrelenting. These songs document Sad Kermit's pain during these years...and years to come."



Sad Kermit-"Hurt"

Some brilliant people have too much free time.

Interview With Dave Ullrich Online

I've put the link up to my show earlier but didn't point out the interview with Zunior's Dave Ullrich. The interview starts about 26 minutes into the hour and includes talk about Zunior, the making of the Rheostatics tribute album, The Secret Sessions, his memories of the Rheostatics and his musical project Egger.

Interview With Dave Ullrich

More On Life After The Rheos

More and more Rheostatic stuff to check out.

Darrin from the Rheostatics Live website has also started a site dedicated to the end of the band. Good Gone Dead is collecting anything and everything from the last week of shows and everything after.

Over at radio free canuckistan, Michael Barclay's review is up. A must read for any fan. You can read his thoughts on the last three Rheo shows here.

The Globe And Mail had a write-up from Dave Bidini on the last show. Very nice and definitely worth checking out. To see's Dave's article go here.

Zunior had a free mash up from The Golden Seals called RHEOVOLVER.

The Golden Seals-RHEOVOLVER

Lastly I'm in the middle of writing my Rheostatic post. Hopefully going to knock it out in the next day or so. Just not used to writing something like this (it's been a bit) so it's a little slow coming.

Canadian Campus Radio Charts For March 23

Here are the Canadian campus radio charts for the week ending March 23 from Earshot, the official publication of the NCRA.


1 You Say Party! We Say Die! Lose All Time Paper Bag
2 The Arcade Fire Neon Bible Merge
3 Great Lake Swimmers Ongiara Nettwerk
4 Do Make Say Think You, You're A History In Rust Constellation
5 Julie Doiron Woke Myself Up Endearing
6 Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse Jagjaguwar
7 LCD Soundsystem Sound Of Silver DFA/EMI
8 Bloc Party A Weekend In The City Vice
9 Apostle Of Hustle National Anthem Of Nowhere Arts & Crafts
10 Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra Security Anti

To see the entire national chart go here.

Now the CJAM chart.

1 Measured In Angles History Of The Engine Tragicomedy
2 Low Drums And Guns Sub Pop
3 LCD Soundsystem Sound Of Silver DFA/EMI
4 Toast Machine Rock Wattage Angie Crabtree
5 Jim Bryson Where The Bungalows Roam Outside
6 Set Your Goals Mutiny Eulogy
7 Alkaline Trio Remains Vagrant
8 Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse Jagjaguwar
9 The Dudes Brain Heart Guitar Load
10 Various Aaargh Annual: Year Two Aaargh

For the whole CJAM chart go here.

Alanis Cover

As people know I love my covers, hence my Menage A Trois segment on the radio show. So when I saw this video I knew I had to post it. Hence I bring you God herself (well according to Dogma) Alanis Morissette covering "My Humps".

New Apples In Stereo Video

Saw this on Stereogum and wanted to put it up myself. I've really been loving the new Apples In Stereo album and this song specifically. So when I saw the video thought I'd throw it up here.